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500Steven Bauer Latham & Watkins (San Francisco) This tough litigator won acomplete defense verdict for Marvell Semiconductor over evidence of its generalcounsel musing about taking the plaintiffs technology and is also defending PG&Ein the horrendous San Bruno fire cases.John Baughman Paul Weiss (New York) He’s got the hot hand forCitigroup, facing down two lawsuits - Terra Firma and Parmalat - each seekingmore than $2B in damages; he defensed both cases and tacked on a $364M counterclaimvictory for Citi in Parmalat, just for good measure.Samuel Baxter McKool Smith (Dallas) His unique ability to connect withjurors and skillfully cross-examine witnesses has solidified his reputation as numerouno for patent litigation, in which most recently he defensed claims by Cordisand Wyeth to a stent patent on behalf of Medtronic.Richard Beattie Simpson Thacher (New York) The insider’s insider has givenhis counsel and strategic advice on the biggest deals, including J.P. Morgan Chase’s$58 billion acquisition of Bank One Corporation, the merger of America Online andTime Warner and the merger of WellPoint Health Networks with Anthem Inc.John Beisner Skadden (Washington, dc) Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck,Electrolux, Toyota and Nissan, among others, turn to Beisner when navigatingcomplex, multidistrict cases.Leora Ben-Ami Kirkland & Ellis (New York) Considered a preeminent lifesciences IP attorney, she is currently lead counsel representing Dupont againstMonsanto’s claims of patent infringement related to Roundup Ready seeds as wellas lead counsel for Butamax in a series of biofuels patent litigations.James Benedict Milbank (New York) Without peer as a defense lawyer forthe mutual fund industry, as proven by his defense win of a $15B excessive feescase against Capital Research, as well as for securities litigation defense, for whichhe has helmed hundreds of claims.Bruce Bennett Jones daY (Los Angeles) Calmly sailed through the fracassurrounding the troubled ownership of the LA Dodgers, to help Frank McCourtemerge from bankruptcy court having sold the team for $2B.Rebecca Berch Arizona Supreme Court (Phoenix) Arizona’s Chief Justice isa model of leadership and commitment, having developed a financial scholarshipprogram at ASU law school and now working to improve protections for society’smost vulnerable through fees charged by guardians and fiduciaries.Max Berger Bernstein Litowitz (New York) This securities class actiontitan’s firm remains #1 with a $1.4B year in 2011, including the largest subprimerelated recovery ever: $627M for Wachovia bondholders.Photo by: Laura BarisonziI s s u e 13 71 l a w d r a g o n . c o m